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i BoofkHolder. No. 231,295. Patenteug, 17,1880.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILHELM F. EPPLER, OF HERRSTEIN, GERMANY.

BOOK-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 231,295, dated August 17, 1880.

Application tiled May 18, 1880. (No model.) Patented in Belgium April 15, 1880, in Germany April 17, 1880, and in England April 7, 1880.

To all 'whom it may concern Beit known that I, WILHELM F. EPPLER,

of Herrstein, Germany, have invented a new and Improved Book-Holder, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved book-holder which is simple in construction and effective and convenient in use.

The invention consists in a book-holder formed of a box, for lunch or other articles, and of two boards, between which the books are placed, all of which parts are held together by cords attached to a slate placed below the lunch-box or to said box itself, and are wound upon the revolving handle of the book-holder. 4

This invention was patented in Belgium April 15, 1880, in Germany April 17, 1880, and, provisionally, in England on April 7 1880.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a longitudinal elevation of my improved bookholder. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same, showing the cords only partially wound upon the handle. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional elevavat-ion of the same on the line Fig. l.

Similar letters offreference indicate corresponding parts.

A box, C, for lunch, drawing-utensils, notebooks, or any other articles that thelchildren may desire to take 'to school, is provided with a lid, D, of some suitable material. A board, E, of about the same size as the lid D, is arranged above the same, and has the standards A A, in which the handle H is journaled, attached to its upper side. The standards A are connected at their base by a longitudinal box, G, which forms a receptacle, M, for penholders, pencils, 86e., which receptacle may be closed by means of a slide, K, in one of the standards A. A flat dovetailed longitudinal groove is out into the under side of the top plate, E, and into this groove the rule F is passed, whereby the same can be transported conveniently. Four or more cords, S, are fastened to the handle H, pass through apertures in the standards A in the top plate, E, lid D, and in the sides of the box G, and are provided with snap-hooks N N, or like devices, at the ends.

The rotating handle H can be locked in a fixed position by means of a binding-screw, J, the head of which is preferably serrated or roughened, so that the pencils can be pointed on the roughened surface.

A roll of paper, P, may be attached to the book-holder by means of the strings or cords b b, fastened to the standards A A.

The book-holder is used in the following manner: If a slate is to be carried with the books, a number of eyes or hooks, It, must be fastened to the frame of said slate. The box C is placed upon the slate, the books T T are placed upon the lid D, and the handle is rotated so as to wind the cords S S thereon, thereby pressing all parts compactly and closely together. The handle is held in this position by one hand, and the other draws the binding-screw up tight, to keep the cord wound upon the handle, to prevent unwinding. The pencils, pen-holders, Ste., can be placed into the receptacle M very conveniently, which can then be closed by the slide K.

If the slate is not desired, the hooks N rest against the edges of the apertures in thebox C.

The books can be packed, unpacked, or transported very easily and rapidly with the within-described book-holder, and it also permits of carrying other utensils.

Several rolls or sheets of paper, P, may be 'attached to the standards A A by passing the cords b b around said rolls and then forming a loop in the ordinary manner.

Having thus described myinvention, Iclaim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A book-holder made substantially as herein shown and described, and consisting of a box for lunch or other articles, a lid of said box, and a top plate provided with a revolving handle, which parts are held together by cords attached to the handle, as set forth.

2. In a book-holder, the combination, with the handle H, of the cords S, binding-screw J, top plate, E, lid D, box C, hooks N, and slate L, provided with rings or eyes R R, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

WILHELM FRIEDRICH EPPLER.

Witnesses EDUARD BRILL, LUDWTG RIETH. 

